PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Contract, Harm Principle, Paternalism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHILOS 1B03
• Professor: Daniel Harris

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The social contract- just insuring peaceful conditions, protecting us from foreign nations, legislation, institutions. Justify or under pin from a different view. Not part of social contract like hobbes and locke. Mill admits he is not relying on the social contract. Protection we need is(cid:374)"t talki(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out that stuff. In morality the view that the criterion of rightness is happiness. Not a(cid:271)out i(cid:374)du(cid:448)ial rights or god"s rights or religio(cid:374), appeali(cid:374)g to hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:374)ature. Human well-being is what to look at and happiness. Sla(cid:448)ery is (cid:272)learly (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g the type of (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e it (cid:272)auses to sla(cid:448)es is(cid:374)"t right- unilateralism view. Die for a cause you believe in. Starts off by discussing about like protection from the king and sovereign, and then ask do we need protection from each other. He would be excited of a society that shares ideas and like a market place. Disappointed about the way we use internet. Norms and values for mills is self-evidently true.